[pct-l] sleeping with your food

[Bob Bankhead]

I've had bears walk through my camp at night in Lyell Canyon (Tuolumne), and go right past 2 OPSaks (food and trash) lying exposed on a log, apparently without noticing them. I'm feel certain they neither smelled nor saw them or they would have been all over them in a minute. YMMV. 

Personally, I always carry a large OP Sack for trash, even when I have a bear canister with me.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stephen Adams 
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] sleeping with your food


  Go ahead and try that up in the Mammoth or Tuolumne area and let me know how it works or how 100% odor proof your Opsac is.  


  On Dec 7, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Jim & Jane Moody wrote:

   I haven't tried it, but I've thought about something similar.  Rubbing a Purell wipe around the food bag, trash ziplock, etc. might eliminate, reduce, or override any attractive food smells.  Has anybody tried this in the field?